Virgin River 1X9: Everybody Has a Secret

FUCK. I hate this. All I said was that I okay as long as Charmaine wasn't pregnant. But of fucking course. This show, like all the others, can't give me any fucking happiness.
Arrgggg.

So, Mel and Jack plan a date for later that day Huzzah! She is a little skeptical but he talks her into it. (But not aggressively- it's pretty obvious she wants to go). However, when she shows up for work, they have an emergency. A girl shows up basically not able to breathe. Her parents are there and they have the same symptoms, but not as severe. After Doc examines the daughter, he calls Mel in for a consult and they agree there is some kind of poisoning going on. They know she won't make it if they call an ambulance, so they bring the whole family to the hospital.

Doc drives while Mel attends to the kid in the back. She and Doc are bouncing off each other really well. They are totally working as a team and it's nice to see. Together, they figure out that they are probably ingesting groundwater toxins from the pot camp. They get them to the hospital. While they are waiting, Doc sees (I think) the mother weeping and has a flashback to an earlier him. I think we are seeing him in Seattle after he tells a family that their kid will be fine, and she obviously wasn't. I don't have any concrete proof on that, but it seems plausible.

Mel approaches him and tells him she's got to get home. (She's got a date after all- not that she tells Doc, but still). He drops her off at her place where Jack is already waiting. He pretends not to be interested, but he totally is. But I don't think he'll spread this gossip.

The two of them have a lovely dinner out 2 hours away from Virgin River. Honestly, it kind of seems like the best first date. They are both pleased about it. They kiss a bit at her door when he drops her off, and she says she wants to take it slow. He seems cool with that, and she invites him over for breakfast the next morning.

However, while this is going on, Hope shows up to talk to Charmaine (having read her letter to Jack) and is pissed. She begs her to talk to Jack in person, but she refuses. She tells Hope to please respect her wishes and just give Jack the damn letter. She does and Jack promises to read it. But, he doesn't get around to it until after his date with Mel. He purs himself a whiskey, debates about whether he should read it, and finally does. All we really see are the words 'I'm pregnant.' Fuck. Can I say anymore that hate this? I was fearful immediately that this was the case. I 100% did not want to be right. Grrrr.

Also, Preacher finally confronts Paige about what's been going on with her. He shows up late at night and she grabs a gun from on top of her fridge. She hides it from him while she promises to see him at the bar the next day. She's totally not gonna go, right?

Plus, Brady is approached again by that sleazy man (Is it Colin? Calvin? I feel like he's from the pot camp, right?) with a bunch of cash trying to recruit him I assume. They drink together but nothing concrete occurs.

I discovered today that this is the penultimate episode of season one. Who knew this season only had 10 episodes? Not me. I might be taking my 'I wanna know as little as possible to an extreme here'.)